A pitcher of beer every 10 minutes...

A pitcher of beer every 10 minutes...

...until somebody passes out. Then make it every 7 minutes!

I never thought I'd see the day but at 2:30 CDT this afternoon I'll once again be a student...I'm going Back to School! At my annual review earlier this year my boss "suggested" that I take courses in XHTML and C# to develop a skillset for future IT work so I registered at the local community college. I guess I can't complain since I've been doing the same thing for over 29 years which is a pretty good run in the IT industry, but the first couple of days are going to take some getting used to. I still haven't yet decided if I'm going to tell people my name is Thornton Melon or Pierce Hawthorne.

So I guess either the company figures I'm worth the investment, or they're hoping I'll take my newfound knowledge elsewhere in 4 months.

Re: A pitcher of beer every 10 minutes...2014/09/02 20:21:07
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Are you a large person? Pleasantly plump? A little on the hefty side, perhaps? Well, let's face it: are you fat? When you go jogging, do you leave potholes? When you make love, do you have to give directions? At the zoo, do elephants throw you peanuts? Do you look at a menu and say, 'Okay'?

Re: A pitcher of beer every 10 minutes...2014/09/04 15:22:53
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"No, it's okay, just keep your hands and feet away from his mouth."

"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son"

"What's with the midget over here?"

"When's our first class?""Uh, we got Economics tomorrow at 11 o'clock.""11 o'clock? No good. I got a massage 11 o'clock. Tell 'em to make it 2 o'clock." "No, dad. Uh, you don't get it. They're not gonna re-schedule the classes around your massage.""All right, 11 o'clock, but I'm gonna talk to that Dean. I mean, these classes could be a REAL inconvenience."

Re: A pitcher of beer every 10 minutes...2014/09/11 12:17:41
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So far things are going fairly well but unfortunately there isn't much in the way of independent restaurants in the relatively close vicinity of the campus or my route home. East Washington Avenue leads out to the mall so it's riddled with chains and if I head towards downtown Madison I'm going out of my way. I was hoping I'd have some reasonable opportunities to try some new places but right now the prospects aren't looking particularly good, at least based on what I'm finding on Google Maps.

Re: A pitcher of beer every 10 minutes...2014/09/11 21:24:12
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ScreamingChickenSo far things are going fairly well but unfortunately there isn't much in the way of independent restaurants in the relatively close vicinity of the campus or my route home. East Washington Avenue leads out to the mall so it's riddled with chains and if I head towards downtown Madison I'm going out of my way. I was hoping I'd have some reasonable opportunities to try some new places but right now the prospects aren't looking particularly good, at least based on what I'm finding on Google Maps.